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738. P. COnSpicillatUS, Temm., Pelican. 



Plumage white ; quills, their coverts, scapulars, sides of rump, 

 and tail black ; naked skin round eye is surrounded by feathers. 



Total length, about 60 in. ; culmen, 1? to 18 in. ; wing, 24 to 25 

 in. ; tail, 7 '5 in. ; tarsus, 5 in. 

 Hab. : 1 to 7, 9. 



ORDER PYGrOPODES. 



Wing feathers developed into remiges. Cnemial process of tibia produced 

 forward in a remarkable degree. Palate schizognathous. 



FAMILY PODICIPEDID^;. 



Hallux raised above the level of the other toes ; toes provided with wide 

 lateral lobes, united at the base. Tail vestigial. 



GENUS PODICIPES. Culmen short ; secondaries, if any, very little 

 shorter than the primaries. 



739. P. liova'-liollaildije, Steph. (P. gularis, Old.), Black-throated 



Grebe (Dabchick). 



Plumage above sooty-black ; grey on back ; chin and throat 

 black ; fore-neck smoky-brown ; a chestnut band along side of neck 

 from the eye. 



Total length, 9 '5 in. ; tarsus, 1*4 in. 



Adult out of breeding season has chin, throat, and under parts 

 white. 



Young. Sides of neck and head striped with white. 

 Hab. : 1 to 8. 



740. P. poliocephalllS, Jardine and Selby (P. nestor, Gld.), Hoary- 



headed Grebe. 



Sides of head have hair like feathers in breeding season; breast 

 and abdomen silvery-white ; all inner primaries and secondaries 

 almost pure white. 



Winter Plumage. No head ornament, and crown of head and 

 hind-neck greyish- brown. 



Total length, 9 '5 in. ; tarsus, 1'5 in. 



Young similar to winter bird. 

 Hab. : 3. 4, 5, 6, 7, 9. 



741. P. eri Status, Linn., Tippet Grebe. 



Feathers on sides of crown form a long double crest ; ruff of black 

 plumes on neck ; colour above dark ashy-brown ; under parts silvery- 

 white ; shoulder feathers nearly pure white ; lesser wing coverts 

 form a wide white band along edge of wing. 



Winter Plumage. Head, neck, and back ashy-brown ; no crest. 



Total length, about 20 in. 



Young. Similar to winter plumage, with brown stripes on head 

 and neck. 



Hab. : 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 



ORDER- I1YIPENNES. 



Bill never hooked. Nostrils pervious, holorhinal. Palate schizognathous. 



GENUS CATARRH ACTES Bill moderately long and very stout, the 

 culminicorn being divided from the latericorn by a deep groove, 

 which is much swollen towards the base ; feathering at the angle 

 of the gape leaving the tomia and the greater part of the base of 

 the mandibles exposed. A superciliary band of more or less golden 

 feathers. 



